The award-winning Spa at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara has partnered with Jadience Herbal Formulas to exclusively offer a new menu of detoxifying treatments. Chi East Asian Rituals are designed to release blocked energy and create a clear pathway for the optimal flow of chi – or “life energy” – throughout the body, in a time-tested approach to achieving greater health, beauty and quality of life.

Based on Eastern medicine and practices of ancient royalty, these holistic, all-natural treatments work to improve and strengthen the natural purification process of the mind, body and spirit, as well as to rebalance all organ systems. The rituals incorporate proven herbal formulas containing 100 per cent organically grown and ethically harvested wild herbs that are both applied externally and taken internally. The formulas work to improve and strengthen the body’s own natural detoxification process and ensure that it’s working optimally, rather than “forcing” toxins from the body, which can result in a drained, off-balance feeling, uncomfortable side effects and only temporary changes.

With each treatment, the herbal formulas are synergistically combined with the incredible powers of jade, which has been used for centuries in Asia to promote and maintain health, beauty and longevity. According to ancient East Asian medicine, jade heals stressed organs and discharges toxins. Believed to slow down the process of cell aging, it has the ability to strengthen the body’s natural defences and healing powers, as well as increase cell metabolism.

Rituals are 80 minutes long, and guests may choose from the Jade Total Body Detox Treatment, the Jade and Ginseng Slimming Treatment, the Jade and Ginseng Royal Hand and Foot Treatment and the Therapeutic Muscle and Joint Treatment. The 25-minute Jade and Ginseng Body-Sculpting Cellulite Treatment can be added to another treatment. Elements of massage, body wraps, soaks, and acupressure are incorporated, and for the ultimate healing and restorative experience, most treatments also include the ancient East Asian techniques of gua sha and jade rolling to help boost circulation and increase overall vitality.